Audit planning : a risk-based approach /

More now than ever before, auditing is in the spotlight; legislators, regulators, and top executives in all types of businesses realize the importance of auditors in the governance and performance equation. Previously routine and formulaic, internal auditing is now high-profile and high-pressure! Be...

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Main Authors: Pickett, K. H. Spencer
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119201175
Summary: More now than ever before, auditing is in the spotlight; legislators, regulators, and top executives in all types of businesses realize the importance of auditors in the governance and performance equation. Previously routine and formulaic, internal auditing is now high-profile and high-pressure! Being an auditor in today's complex, highly regulated business environment involves more than crunching the numbers and balancing the books-it requires ensuring that appropriate checks and balances are in place to manage risk throughout the organization.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119201175
1119201179
0471784311
9780471784319
1280349751
9781280349751
Index Number: HF5668
CLC: F239.45
Contents: Why Risk-based Audit Planning? -- Basic Planning Techniques -- Using the Corporate Risk Register -- The Annual Audit Plan -- Engagement Planning -- Project Management -- Keeping the Accent on Risk -- A Holistic Approach to Risk-Based Audit Planning -- Applying an RBAP Diagnostic Tool.